Awaiting Commissioner Swofford on final day of ACC spring meetings
May 14, 2015 by Jerry DiPaola
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Nothing against Florida and its fabulous weather, but it’s time to go home.
Thursday is the last day of the ACC spring meetings for another year. Should be an early one, too. Word is Commissioner John Swofford’s news conference will be early enough for him — and me — to catch our flights home.
Looks like I’ll be able to get a good night’s sleep before a 10 a.m. appearance Friday on Trib Live Radio’s “Sports Reporters” with Ken Laird, Guy Junker and Josh Taylor. Sorry I missed you guys Tuesday.
You have to have your running shoes on here to catch up with all the coaches and athletic directors moving in and out of meeting rooms. And many of them have better things to do than talk to reporters. If you can imagine that.
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi has been a popular chatting partner with the assembled ACC media. He’s smart, open, insightful and likes to gab about football.
Before he left the meetings Wednesday, he expressed his support for wireless communications between players and coaches in college football.
“There’s some signal-stealing going on out there,” he said in a rare example of candor by a college football coach.
The NCAA has said it plans to experiment with the technology this year and, possibly, make it part of the game by 2016.
“Now, like the NFL does, a recorder where I can talk to my middle linebacker, that needs to be done,” Narduzzi said. “They can’t steal our signals as much.”
Read more: http://blog.triblive.com/college-locker-room/2015/05/14/awaiting-commissioner-swofford-on-final-day-of-acc-spring-meetings/#ixzz3aLlROxPg
May 14, 2015 by Jerry DiPaola
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Nothing against Florida and its fabulous weather, but it’s time to go home.
Thursday is the last day of the ACC spring meetings for another year. Should be an early one, too. Word is Commissioner John Swofford’s news conference will be early enough for him — and me — to catch our flights home.
Looks like I’ll be able to get a good night’s sleep before a 10 a.m. appearance Friday on Trib Live Radio’s “Sports Reporters” with Ken Laird, Guy Junker and Josh Taylor. Sorry I missed you guys Tuesday.
You have to have your running shoes on here to catch up with all the coaches and athletic directors moving in and out of meeting rooms. And many of them have better things to do than talk to reporters. If you can imagine that.
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi has been a popular chatting partner with the assembled ACC media. He’s smart, open, insightful and likes to gab about football.
Before he left the meetings Wednesday, he expressed his support for wireless communications between players and coaches in college football.
“There’s some signal-stealing going on out there,” he said in a rare example of candor by a college football coach.
The NCAA has said it plans to experiment with the technology this year and, possibly, make it part of the game by 2016.
“Now, like the NFL does, a recorder where I can talk to my middle linebacker, that needs to be done,” Narduzzi said. “They can’t steal our signals as much.”
Read more: http://blog.triblive.com/college-locker-room/2015/05/14/awaiting-commissioner-swofford-on-final-day-of-acc-spring-meetings/#ixzz3aLlROxPg
